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SHORT TERM RENTALS IN VINTAGE VEGAS
Travelers who use short-term residential rentals as an alternative to traditional hotels enjoy cost savings and “living like a local.” Property owners, or “hosts,” enjoy extra income generated by...
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1951 Parcel Map Of Las Vegas – Most Of What I Call Vintage Las Vegas Isn’t There
Update: if you looked at the middle picture It’s a funny thing about being the “newest” big city in America. Vintage in Washington DC or NYC or Philly, dates back to revolution. In St. Louis or...
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Cleaning Up From A Very Crazy Week In Very Vintage Vegas
Even though I got behind in my usual posting routine, I was still out showing homes, getting 3 deals into escrow, showing off our historic neighborhoods to prospective buyers, and all the other fun...
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Very Vintage Vegas – Geographically Speaking
Last night at the Lo-Pro Mixer, someone asked me what I consider to be Very Vintage Vegas. At first I thought he was asking about the types of neighborhoods, and types of homes. But it turns out he was...
View ArticleOn The Icky Side Of Things – Roof Rats
I’m on most of the email threads that make their way around many of the Vintage Vegas Neighborhoods. Usually the threads are about lost dogs, commercial development encroachment into the neighborhoods...
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Scotch 80’s Has Foreclosures??
This happened three times this last weekend. I mentioned that I was going to go look at some high end foreclosures in the SCOTCH 80â€s. In all three cases, the response was Yes, there are, and I...
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Post and Beam Porte-Cochere In Scotch 80’s
We all love the exposed beam ceilings that often are found in Vintage Vegas. Usually we see them on the insides, but occasionally, such as in this Scotch 80’s home we find a porte-cochere or carport...
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Cara Greenberg Coined The Phrase Mid Century Modern In 1984
TWO coincidental things happened yesterday. A reader emailed me a picture of a house in Scotch 80’s and asked me if I knew anything about it. I’d done a post on it way back on the original VVV Blog....
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Vintage Las Vegas Photographs – Mid Century Modern Was The Hot New Housing Style
UPDATE: Monday 11am. Regular Reader Caroline Smith was the first to identify this home. It’s the “Cashman House” from 1959 on the corner of Birch and Waldman in the Scotch 80’s. The property is the...
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Scotch 80s Battles Commercial Encroachment Into Historic Las Vegas...
I started to bring this up last week. The Scotch 80s neighborhood south of UMC Hospital is facing an all too common of a threat. Commercial Encroachment! Tonight is the planning commission meeting...
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Flamingo Club Holds It’s First Party In The Scotch 80’s
State Assemblyman Tick Segerblom and his lovely wife Sharon hosted the first Flamingo Club Party in the west side historic Neighborhood of Scotch 80’s. The Flamingo club hosts a “get to know your...
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CELEBRITY HOMES IN VINTAGE VEGAS NEIGHBORHOODS
Most of the vintage homes and the historic neighborhoods in Las Vegas were built in the 50’s and 60’s as the town was growing up. The strip was growing and people needed someplace to live including...
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